Elegant Water Shrew vs Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat

Nectogale elegans compared with Sturnira ludovici

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Soricidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Nectogale	Sturnira
Species	Nectogale elegans	Sturnira ludovici

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.